Alton Towers DVD

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Hey all, Alton Towers and a film company have worked together this year to make a new 60 minute DVD called THE STORY OF ALTON TOWERS, the dvd shows how the park evolved from a 17th century castle to one of the worlds best park resorts, the video includes an interview with john wardley and on ride videos on rita, nemesis air and all the other rides, also much much more,

 

For more Info go to,

 

http://www.joylandbooks.com/video_new/altontowers.htm

 

I know thats what I want for christmas,

[ECZenith]

I'm definately interested. Many other parks should do the same.

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A new DVD about Alton Towers has been produced by a senior lecturer in media at Staffordshire University.

 

Dr Gary Kelsall produced the DVD with help from London-based film editor Simon Lowe. Using images dating back to the 1870s and film archive from the 1920s, the Story of Alton Towers looks at the attraction from a historical and contemporary viewpoint.

 

The DVD includes materials researched from Pathe, the BBC and private collections. Dr Kelsall, who has co-produced several documentaries, was given access to the Alton Towers archive as part of the research for his PhD.

 

He said: "It was difficult choosing a direction for the documentary, as Alton Towers is significant in so many ways. As well as it being the former ancestral seat of the Earls of Shrewsbury, the house is well-known as being in part designed by the great gothic architect Augustus Pugin.

 

"Many people don't realise that Alton Towers was first opened to the public as far back as the 1830s."

 

Dr Kelsall launched appeals for materials, including old cine footage, photographs and documents, and organised interviews with former staff and visitors.

 

He added: "We could only include so much in a single documentary and are already thinking of making a second, this time perhaps concentrating a little more on the house and gardens. In any case, all the many materials collected, including filmed interviews, will be donated to the Alton Towers archive."

 

This DVD does not just look at the present day but over 200 years ago aswell so expect old arhive footage aswell as the modern to make an all round Documentary, and they are already talking about a second DVD.

[andrea]

Yeah I would, cause I like watching anything that has to do with rides and coasters even if it's a 100th rerun about a park, I always watch it.

[davidmorton]

Buy cheap here

 

http://www.towersalmanac.com/index.php?page=site&id=12

 

(probably UK only tho)

[dc006f5086]

/\ I beleive they dont ship world wide, it only posts to UK residents, but I dont know.